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This report was written by Torhild Martinussen of the Washington bureau. Unless every poll out there is wrong, Democrats are going to take a beating in the 2010 midterm elections. The latest CBS News/NY Times poll found that 46 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Republicans and 40 percent said they would […] More »

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Welcome to New York on the Potomac’s “The Week Ahead,” a preview of events to come on Capitol Hill and at the White House this week. This week’s report was written by William K. Moore of ViaNovo. • • • What once was the Democrats nightmare, the killing or capture of Osama bin Laden in […] More »

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Barack Obama has set another record: the biggest partisan gap in presidential job-approval rating in the history of polling. A new Gallup poll shows a 68 percent gap between Obama’s approval rating among Democrats (82 percent) and Republicans (14 percent). Compared with other presidents 16 months into their presidencies, only Ronald Reagan comes close to […] More »

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Shhh! Don’t speak too loudly because the Pundit Elite hasn’t seen this trend yet, but… President Obama‘s ratings seem to be on the rebound. A new Gallup Poll out today found the president topping the 50 percent job-approval number. And the respected RealClearPolitics.com average of the most recent presidential polls finds Obama at his highest […] More »

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